Collaborate Disseminate
The safety team at Twitter has responded to the high profile hack of the SEC Twitter account, which made headlines around the world.
And what do they have to say?
Well, in a nutshell – “it’s not our fault. They lost control of their mobile phone … Continue reading Twitter says, It’s not our fault the SEC’s account got hacked
Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cryptocurrency CEO who may have separated investors from over a billion dollars, generative AI creates a nightmare for those wanting to Know Their Customer, and a determined journalist finally gets thei… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #354: Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam
The official Twitter account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was hacked yesterday, with scammers posting an unauthorised message to its 660,000+ followers.
The false message – which has since been deleted – claimed that the SEC ha… Continue reading SEC’s Twitter account hacked to say Bitcoin ETFs approved. Politicians and lawyers demand investigation into security breach
Security researchers say that there has been a “resurgence” in email scams related to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading Jeffrey Epstein email scams rear their ugly head
If you’re desperate for money, you may make some foolhardy decisions about how to improve your finances. Continue reading Believing they would be paid a fortune for having sex with women, hundreds of Indian men scammed out of cash
Clients of a pregnancy care clinic in Ontario have had their personal information exposed to hackers.
I’m sure I don’t need to tell anyone who has made use of the services of a midwife, that a lot can happen in nine months…
Read more in my arti… Continue reading Midwives clinic takes nine months to deliver news of data breach
British police say that they are investigating reports that a girl under the age of 16 was sexually assaulted… in an online virtual reality game. Continue reading Sexual assault in the metaverse investigated by British police
On Sunday evening electronic departure boards at Beirut’s airport were hijacked by hackers who used them to display anti-Iranian and anti-Hezbollah messages. Continue reading Hackers hijack Beirut airport departure and arrival boards
A report from the Netherlands claims that a Dutch man played a key role in the notorious Stuxnet worm attack against an Iranian nuclear facility, which then accidentally escaped into the wider world. Continue reading Stuxnet: The malware that cost a billion dollars to develop?
Web3 security outfit CertiK has fallen foul of scammers, who managed to hijack its Twitter account to share a malicious link to a fake version of the Revoke.cash project. Continue reading CertiK Twitter account hijacked by cryptocurrency scammer posing as Forbes journalist